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Perhaps the 'greedy geeks' would like to play with PowerShell for every platform?
https://github.com/PowerShell
You want Windows source code? Well, you can have a look at NT....
https://github.com/Zer0Mem0ry/ntoskrnl
Wouldn't bother me all that much. I use it (my Microsoft ID) for so much now what's one more site. I think I get where your coming from though. If your strictly Linux etc your not going to want to have to create a Microsoft ID just to use it. I actually use GitHub quit a bit on the Raspberry Pi side of things. I don't think I've ever gone there for anything Windows Related? I really hope Microsoft doesn't do something really stupid and alienate a whole user base.
Perhaps acquiring GitHub will improve Microsoft's software QA standards?
Interesting Blog post from By Jim Zemlin (June 7, 2018) The Linux Foundation: Microsoft Buys GitHub: The Linux Foundations Reaction - The Linux Foundation
So what does this mean for open source? I expect generally good things. Microsoft has the means and the expertise to make GitHub better. They brought in Nat Friedman as GitHub’s CEO, someone I have known for years and has been well-respected in the open source community for a couple decades. Nat is clear that Microsoft is walking their talk stating, “I’m not asking for your trust, but I’m committed to earning it. I can’t wait to help make the GitHub platform and community that’s special to all of us even greater.” I believe he means it.
Should the open source community be concerned? Probably not. Buying GitHub does not mean Microsoft has engaged in some sinister plot to “own” the more than 70 million open source projects on GitHub. Most of the important projects on GitHub are licensed under an open source license, which addresses intellectual property ownership. The trademark and other IP assets are often owned by a non-profit like The Linux Foundation (see the Kubernetes example above). And let’s be quite clear – the hearts and minds of developers are not something one “buys” – they are something one “earns” (see Nat’s quote above).
Why would Microsoft do this? It seems simple to me. Steve Ballmer was half right with his famous “developers, developers, developers” cheer (worth a re-watch here.) He just didn’t factor in the “open source” developers that he famously discounted. Satya Nadella has righted that oversight in a spectacular way this week. Microsoft has always loved developers and wants to make a business of providing developers with great tools in order to help them to create great technology. It is literally their mission on the about page of their web site: “To empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.” Today more than 28 million of those developers are on GitHub.